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706 reviews for:

Fatherland

Robert Harris

3.87 AVERAGE

shellybelly's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

abisnail564's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a crime novel set in an alternate history where Hitler won WW2. I wasn’t expecting the murder mystery aspect as much - the book reminded me a lot of Child 44 in the detective against a murderous regime aspect. The context of the book was obviously horrifying and at points difficult to read but very important. I would have liked slightly more conjecture on what the wider world could have looked like in this alternate history. Lots of the story relied on established historical fact.

harrk186's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

akublik's review against another edition

3.0

An average cold-war spy mystery with an interesting setting: an alternative history where Germany won WWII and no one knows about the Holocaust. I wish Harris has done more with this interesting world/history. A good audio book for the commute, though.

fortunaterodent's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

corvuspax's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jorgjuar's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

En Patria, Robert Harris describe un mundo donde la Alemania nazi ganó la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y narra la historia del detective Xavier March, quien investiga el homicidio de una de las figuras prominentes del nazismo a la vez que tiene que lidiar con toda la estructura autoritaria y represiva que distingue al régimen.

La novela lleva un buen ritmo y se lee bastante rápido. El desarrollo de los personajes no es particularmente profundo, y si bien por momentos podría parecer incluso un poco escueto, la razón es porque conforme se avanza en la historia, empieza a tomar mayor peso el régimen nazi como tal; describiendo el impacto que éste tendría en los distintos ámbitos socioeconómicos, políticos e incluso personales. El cruce de estos elementos me agradó mucho, y creo que son relativamente pocas las novelas que lo hacen.

En resumen, Patria es una muy buena novela que vale la pena leer.